"EDW" 2003 Obituary

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-29 published
WRIGHT,
W.J.Chaplin ''Bud''
Died of heart failure in Naples, Florida on March 25th, 2003,
in his 81st year. He was the
son of Alma
CHAPLIN and Edward E.
H. WRIGHT of St. Catharines. He was born and raised in St. Catharines,
with summers spent at their cottage in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He
attended Ridley College and graduated in Chemical Engineering
from U. of T. Bud served with the submarine chasers, the corvette
arm of the navy in World War 2.
As a chemical engineer, he worked for Stelco, Dupont and Galtex.
Then he worked for over 25 years with Merrill Lynch as a financial
advisor, a career that became his real love.
He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by his wife of
53 years, Jane
MURRAY, their four children: son Ken and wife
Jill; three daughters, Marsha and Don
SADOWAY,
Ellen and Paul
EDWARDS, and Leah Ann; by his sister Briar
SMITH, wife of the
late Larry
SMITH, as well as three young grandchildren, Sam,
Nathan and Caaryn. Bud is predeceased by his sister, Mary Elizabeth
HUME.
Next to his family was his love for a good competitive game of
squash, tennis and bridge. Many happy family holidays were spent
at the cottage in Southampton, and that is where his final resting
place will be.
Bud led his family by example with uncompromising integrity,
loyalty, humour, a zest for life, and love.
Cremation took place in Naples. A Memorial Service will be announced
at a later date, to be held at Saint Mark's Church, Niagara-on-the-lake.
Donations to Historic Saint Mark's Anglican Church (est. 1792)
Niagara-on-the-Lake or Arthritis Society.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-03 published
Valetta May
ROSE
By Jim PATTERSONThursday,April 3, 2003 - Page A22
Valetta May
ROSE
Domestic worker, farmer and comic writer's muse. Born in Warsaw,
Ontario, January 9, 1912. Died January 16, in Toronto, of a stroke,
aged 91.
On January 16, 2003, Valetta
ROSE, 91, spoke with her brother,
Ken DRAIN, and her niece, Dora
BARR, by phone from her home in
Norwood, Ontario Then she got into a limousine to go to a large
family party in Toronto, to celebrate her nephew David
PATTERSON's
birthday. On the way, she sat with her great-nephew Paul, his
partner Cathy and their six-week-old daughter, Kira, and was
delighted to have the baby beside her for the trip.
There were more than 100 people at the party, but Valetta held
court, greeting family members. Then, at 7 p.m., she suffered
a stroke, and died instantly in her daughter Beattie's arms.
Born on January 9, 1912, Valetta was the second child of David
DRAIN and Christina
EDWARDS, who farmed near Warsaw, Ontario
The DRAIN household was full of fiddle, piano and song; people
arrived by horse and sled for music in the parlour, food in the
kitchen and children everywhere. When Valetta's mother went into
labour to deliver her sister Cora, Valetta's older brother Ivan
was told to take his 20-month-old sister to grandma's house.
Ivan was 3 and the house was two kilometres away -- but those
were different times. Off the pair toddled, perfectly capable
and perfectly safe.
As teenagers, Valetta and Cora set off for Toronto to work as
domestics, eventually earning a respectable $25 per month plus
room and board.
In 1943, Valetta married the love of her life, Ted
ROSE.
They
farmed together outside Warsaw for 32 years. One night just after
they were married, they went to Peterborough to see a movie.
Afterward, walking up George Street, Valetta mused aloud about
how lovely it would be to own a bedroom suite like the one in
a store's display window. The next day, Ted came home with the
furniture. Valetta never did discover how he'd afforded it.
In 1975, Ted and Valetta sold the farm and retired to Norwood.
Ted died in 1987.
Last year, Valetta set off for Scotland with her daughters Beattie
and Judy, their husbands, Bob
BECHTEL and David
GORDON, and Judy
and David's two sons, Ian and Paul. Valetta announced, "On this
trip, I just want to enjoy being all together." For three weeks,
they drove around staying at bed and breakfasts and exploring
the islands off the north coast. She was planning another trip
this year -- to Judy's home in Vancouver.
For 40 years, Valetta followed the advice of one Dr.
JARVIS,
whose book Folk Medicine taught the benefits of lecithin, and
she followed his prescription for a daily teaspoon of apple cider
vinegar mixed with honey in a half glass of water to keep herself
free from the worst of arthritis and other afflictions. Valetta
knew that the secret of caring for others was simply to enjoy
their company and, as the family "Information Central," loved
to share stories of their successes.
She had her own place in Canadian cultural history. Filmmaker
Norman JEWISON, a cousin, mentioned Valetta to writer Don
HARRON,
who immediately claimed her for use as the wife of his fictional
character Charlie
FARQUHARSON.
SoonValetta was credited with
writing down Charlie's Hist'ry of Canada on those days when it
was "too wet to plough." A highlight of Valetta's 90th birthday
party was a card and framed photo from her "second husband."
Valetta made the best of every minute. She spent her last night
on the bed that Ted had bought for her so many years before.
Her spirit will delight family and Friends for years to come.
Jim PATTERSON is Valetta's sister Cora's youngest son. He was
helped by Beattie, Ken, Cora
HENDREN and Stephen
PATTERSON.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-12 published
REIMER,
Waldemar
(Wally)
H., A.A.C.I.
Passed away peacefully in his sleep, at Victoria General Hospital,
in Winnipeg on April 7, 2003, after a lengthy and courageous
struggle with many health issues.
Beloved husband of Mary
TOEWS for 50 years; dear father of Henry
(who died in infancy), Hélène (Peters) and Tim Green Mississauga,
Paul and Brenda
REIMER of Calgary, Judy and Vic
WARKENTIN and
Margaret and Jeff
HARASYM of Winnipeg. Opi of Lora and Neil
PETERS,
Paul WARKENTIN,
AndrewREIMER and Stephen
HARASYM. Brother to
Elvera and Gerry
THIESSEN;
John and Annelies
REIMER, Ruth and
Nelson EDWARDS and Elaine
REIMER.
Predeceased by his parents
Henry REIMER,
Sara
(BRAUN) Reimer
PANKRATZ, step-father, Nicholas
PANKRATZ, brother Victor, sisters Annie
POETKER and Mary
WILLMS,
brother-in-law Henry
POETKER.
Formerly of Waterloo, Wally was a well known member of the business
community through his years at Mutual Life, various real estate
and development companies and then for 26 years, as President
of W.H. Reimer Limited.
Funeral services were held in Winnipeg on Friday April 11, 2003.
A memorial service to celebrate Wally's life will be held at
W-K United Mennonite Church in Waterloo, on Tuesday, April 15,
2003, at 10: 30 a.m. A time to visit with the family will follow
the service. Interment will take place at Mount Hope Cemetery,
Waterloo.
Donations to the Waterloo Adult Recreation Centre, Mennonite
Central Committee, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or
the Lung Association of Waterloo Region would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy and can be arranged through the Edward
R. Good Funeral Home, phone (519) 745-8445 or www.edwardrgood.com

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-07-21 published
EDWARDS,
BarbaraGrace (née
WILLIAMS)
Died peacefully at the Jewish General Hospital on Thursday, July
17, 2003, in her seventy-third year. Beloved daughter of the
late Aston and the late Isolyn
WILLIAMS.
Beloved wife of Alfred
Barington (Barrie). Beloved mother of David Gregory. Beloved
sister of Dorothy (in Switzerland). Predeceased by her sisters
Pearl and Mizpah and her brothers Buzzie and Percy. Special thanks
to the staff of the Jewish General Hospital for their care and
compassion. Visitation with urn on Monday, July 21st from 6 to
9 p.m. at the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, 1297 Chemin de la
Fôret, Outremont (514) 279-6540. Memorial service in the chapel
of the complex on Tuesday, July 22nd at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers,
donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
Your condolences to the family may be sent through www.everlastinglifestories.com.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-26 published
Nicole BERUBE
By Rose DESHAWTuesday,August 26, 2003 - Page A22
Writer, editor, photographer, French teacher. Born June 4, 1949,
in Gaspé, Quebec Died June 17 in Kingston, Ontario, of cancer,
age 54.
'They said I was Dead!" Nicole told me several years ago, outraged
that a local paper had reported as "posthumous" her receipt of
a special medal for outstanding volunteer work. This meant that
she was not invited to the award ceremony. She phoned the paper
after receiving several frantic messages from Friends but they
declined to put in, as she phrased it, "an oopsie."
An editor herself for many years of the biweekly L'Informel,
serving the French community in Kingston, Ontario, her vision
for the paper grew daily. Wanting it completely professional,
Nicole taught herself the most up-to-date graphics programs,
acquired a scanner and digital camera, upgraded her photographic
skills to artist level -- and put it all into the paper. She
fought for a bigger budget that could cover an outside print
run, and more pages in order to profile the work of French schoolchildren
whom she saw as the future of the community.
Eighteen-hour days were common. Nicole never had enough time
for all the travel, Friends, projects and writing she had planned.
She co-authored, with her friend Viv
EDWARDS in England, a bilingual
children's book series, including the title Who Stole Granny?
She promoted their work whenever there was opportunity. She also
gave workshops as a teaching professional when she wasn't hard
at work in the language department of the Royal Military College.
The success of her young officer cadets was everything to her
she was always pushing and cajoling them, inviting them over
for extra sessions at her cosy little duplex that she'd decorated
with posters and ornaments from her travels.
She mined popular culture for material that might make speaking
the language irresistible to her students; dating behaviour,
strange local customs, sports cars, food, until she became a
walking encyclopedia of odd facts in French that might tempt
a hitherto unresponsive cadet to try a little harder. How she
suffered as they struggled. The week of their oral exams by phone
was migraine time for her. "I have no other way to teach but
involved," she said once.
Although usually colourfully dressed in an array of saucy T-shirts
and a denim jacket that matched her big blue eyes, Nicole could
dress in the manner of the Queen (minus the hat) when it was
required. Living on her own as a single woman with a cat, she
lavished attention on her nephew and niece, children of her younger
sister and only living sibling out of four children.
She travelled back and forth on holidays to the small Quebec
town of Gaspé where she had grown up, where her family had been
clockmakers and jewellers for generations. Sent for her public
education to the sisters at the convent, Nicole had a lonely
childhood. It wasn't until enrolment at Laval University in Quebec
City that she came into her own. Taking part in the student protests
that followed the October Crisis, she told me once about hobbling
away because she had lost a shoe as the police bore down on them.
But by the time she reached Royal Military College, she had achieved
the highest security clearance, no longer a radical (if indeed
she had ever been) but a teacher whose first love was the young
faces in her classes.
One of her delights was a cadet from Bosnia, struggling to learn
both English and French at the same time. "She has a bright future,"
Nicole said in May, after the cadet had taken her out to dinner
in gratitude for all the help and encouragement that had enabled
her to successfully complete her exams. Nicole did not know that
her own future was near its end. On June 10, she went into the
hospital for routine tests and died unexpectedly from colon cancer
seven days later.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-14 published
The 'godfather' of Ottawa's retail auto industry
After more than three decades of hard work, he went on to become
the first full-time executive director of the Ottawa New Car
Dealers Association
By Randy RAY,
Special to The Globe and Mail Tuesday, October
14, 2003 - Page R7
Ottawa -- During a career in the auto industry that spanned more
than 50 years, Don
MANN was tagged with his share of complimentary
nicknames. As a Datsun dealer in Ottawa in the 1960s, 70s and
80s, he was known as "Don Mann, your Datsun Mann," a phrase used
in his dealership's advertising.
Later, as executive director of the Ottawa New Car Dealers Association,
he was often referred to as the "godfather" of the city's retail
auto industry and an "ambassador" for Ottawa's new-car dealers.
When he first started in the automotive business, working with
Industrial Acceptance Corporation to help dealers finance their
inventory of vehicles, he had a reputation as hard-working, honest
and friendly. Mr.
MANN died in Ottawa on August 12. He was 76.
Born in Toronto on October 16, 1926, he spent about 15 years
working for Industrial Acceptance Corporation in Sudbury, Sarnia,
London and Ottawa before deciding to go into the car business
for himself. In 1969, he opened Don Mann Datsun Limited in Ottawa.
He sold out to an Ottawa General Motors dealer in 1983 and after
a brief retirement, joined the Ottawa New Car Dealers Association,
becoming the first full-time executive director of the group,
which was formed in 1957 with about 25 dealers and now has more
than 60 members.
"He was a great ambassador for new car dealers in Ottawa," said
Pat McGURN, president of Surgenor Pontiac Buick
GMC. "He was
the guy who lobbied with a local college to establish training
programs for our employees when there was a shortage of qualified
people." Over the years, he secured more than $250,000 in dealership
training dollars from government, said Mr.
McGURN.
"I determine a need, find a trainer, agree upon a program, then
I go to the dealers," Mr.
MANN once told an interviewer, adding
that dealers pay for the programs because there's less training
money available from government.
In his capacity as executive director of the car-dealers association,
Mr. MANN also worked with the Workplace Safety and Insurance
Board to ensure dealers provided healthy and safe working conditions.
He worked closely with Algonquin College in Ottawa and Georgian
College in Barrie, Ontario, to set up financial awards for top
graduates. In 2002, a local apprenticeship committee established
a Don Mann Award, given yearly to a major contributor to Ottawa's
apprenticeship program.
"Don was the glue that kept things together," said Mr.
McGURN.
"He made decisions that have made dealers in Ottawa stronger
and made things better for consumers." Mr.
MANN, who worked as
a police officer in Toronto for six years before switching to
the automobile business, helped launch the Ottawa-Hull International
Auto Show about 20 years ago and over the past two decades built
its profile to the point that it now attracts 35,000 visitors.
Money raised through the show helps fund training programs, said
Mr. McGURN.
Mr. MANN was known for his solid grasp of issues that affect
the auto industry at the dealers' level and at the legislative
level where laws are constantly changing, said Mr.
McGURN, who
notes that Mr.
MANN's leadership and organizational skills kept
local dealers working as a coherent group.
Ever the diplomat, at one point he convinced Ottawa's fiercely
competitive car dealers to close on Saturdays during summer long
weekends so staff could enjoy a holiday like everyone else. It
was also his job to keep dealers current on legislation and guidelines
dealing with used-car sales, consumer protection and advertising.
"His forte as executive director of the Car Dealers Association
was his access to politicians, and on the education side, his
contact with car dealers," said his son Brian of Ottawa. "He
knew little about cars when he first started... It took long
hours of hard work to build that knowledge.
"He was a great one for the job, he saw his role as an ambassador."
Mr. MANN was also known as someone who could bring people together
to get a job done, said his son, whether it was organizing dealers
to speak with one voice to governments, or to pull together a
golf tournament at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club.
Fellow club member Gordon
EDWARDS remembers Mr.
MANN as an adept
snooker player and golfer with great patience.
"He was able to concentrate well, ... he was deliberate and careful,
always calculating each shot to make sure he got it right," said
Mr. EDWARDS, who played in Mr.
MANN's foursome for 17 years.
Mr. MANN leaves wife
Verna and children Maureen, Brian and Bruce.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-15 published
Two charged after man dies in shooting
By Erin POOLEY,
Saturday,November 15, 2003 - Page A16
Toronto police have charged two men, 17 and 22, with second-degree
murder in the death of a Brampton man outside a Scarborough townhouse
on Thursday.
Police were called to 110 Empringham Dr. around 2: 30 p.m., after
gunshots were heard. Andred
EDWARDS, 24, was pronounced dead
at the scene by paramedics.
Charged is Kalito
SMITH, 22, of Toronto, and a 17-year-old.

EDWARDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-18 published
Black pride of Canadian track and field
First Canadian-born black athlete to win an Olympic medal was
member of relay team at 1932 Los Angeles Games but could find
work only as a railway porter
By James CHRISTIE,
Tuesday,November 18, 2003 - Page R9
Ray LEWIS's event in Olympic track and field was officially the
400-metre sprint, a flat race. His enduring place in Canadian
sport history, however, was earned for hurdling a barrier.
Mr. LEWIS, who died in his native Hamilton at age 94 on the weekend,
was the first Canadian born black athlete to stand upon the Olympic
medals podium. He won a bronze medal as a member of the Canadian
4 x 400-metre relay at the Los Angeles Games in 1932.
At a time where racial discrimination was the way of the world,
Mr. LEWIS didn't get to live a hero's life. Viewed today as a
pathfinder for talented black athletes, in the 1930s Mr.
LEWIS
had to all but quit his athletics training because of the demands
of his job as a railway porter with the Canadian Pacific Railways.
He spent 22 years on the trains making 250 trips from Toronto
to Vancouver. To try and stay fit, Mr.
LEWIS would train by running
alongside the rails when the train stopped on the prairies.
"He deserved so much more than he ever received," said Donovan
BAILEY, who won two gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
in the 100 metres and 4 x 100-metre relay. "I benefited from
his going before.
"I had the honour and good fortune of having lunch with Ray
LEWIS
and talking with him. I couldn't imagine what it was like in
his day. It was so different. Ultimately, he's one who inspired
me."
Raymond Gray
LEWIS was a Hamiltonian, cradle to grave. James
WORRALL, honorary member of the International Olympic Committee
and Canada's Olympic flag bearer in 1936, recalled the family
roots in the area went back to the 1840s when his great grandparents
escaped slavery in the United States and settled near Otterville,
Ontario
The youngest child of Cornelius
LEWIS and Emma
GREEN, Ray
LEWIS
was born October 8, 1910, at 30 Clyde St. He began running races
for fun at age 9 when he entered as contest at a local picnic.
He began formal training in track and field at Central Collegiate
where the autocratic John Richard (Cap)
CORNELIUS was his coach.
In 1929, he established a Canadian high-school track-and-field
record of four championships in one day, taking the dashes at
100, 200, and 440 yards as they were measured then, and anchoring
the one-mile relay. In 1928 and 1929, Mr.
LEWIS was part of the
Central relay team that won the United States national schoolboy
title.
He briefly attended Marquette University in Milwaukee but returned
to Canada during the Depression and joined the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
Besides his Olympic medal performance with teammates Phil
EDWARDS,
Alex WILSON and Jimmy
BALL,
Mr.LEWIS was also a Canadian champion
several times and competed in the inaugural British Empire Games
in 1930 in Hamilton and the 1934 Empire Games in London. where
he won a silver medal in the mile relay. Mr.
EDWARDS was actually
the first black athlete to win an Olympic medal for Canada in
1932, getting the 800-metre honour about a half-hour before the
relay with Mr.
LEWIS.
Mr.EDWARDS, however, was native of British
Guyana, while Ray
LEWIS was a local.
Mr. LEWIS, who in 2001 was awarded the Order of Canada, had a
life-long attachment to the Empire Games, later renamed the Commonwealth
Games. He was an adviser to the bidders who recently sought the
2010 Games for Hamilton and vowed that if the Games were coming
back, he'd be there to greet them at the official opening at
age 100. The Hamilton bid lost out last week to one from New
Delhi, India. He lit the torch during the opening ceremonies
at the International Children's Games in Hamilton July 1, 2000.
Mr. LEWIS wrote an autobiography entitled Shadow Running in which
he detailed his life "as porter and Olympian." He was featured
in a 2002 TVOntario documentary series on racism, Journey to
Justice. "It [racism] felt worse here, because it wasn't supposed
to happen here," he recalled in the video.
Whereas white athletes had an opportunity for coaching jobs after
their careers, Mr.
LEWIS did not. His position as a porter was
one of the few jobs open to men of his race.
"The first time I met him, the Canadian team was on its way to
Fort William, Ontario, for the Canadian championships in 1933.
They travelled by Pullman and Ray was the porter. He couldn't
get the time off to compete. But he did make the 1934 Empire
Games team and was presented to the Prince of Wales, something
that was a point of honour for him. He felt it was something
to rub into all those people who had kept him off teams and out
of places because he was black," Mr.
WORRALL said.
Mr. LEWIS married Vivienne
JONES in 1941, and they adopted two
children, sons Larry and Tony.